Astro Spatial Audio Breathes New Life to Mozart’s Requiem at Aix-en-Provence Festival Live by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019 One of the world’s most respected opera festivals has been transformed into a fully immersive production courtesy of Astro Spatial Audio, including the creation of highly reverberant, church-like room acoustics in an historic open-air courtyard theatre. Founded in 1948, the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence returns to Southern France each summer
Christie Pandoras Box Enables Creation of Amazing Visuals at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Live by Thomas Richard - September 26, 2019 The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament kicked off in the Chinese capital with a spectacular opening ceremony featuring eye-catching onstage visuals that were created using the Christie Pandoras Box real-time video processing and show control system. Held at the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) on August 30, the event captivated
Double Mega for Hanan Ben-Ari Tour Live by Thomas Richard - September 26, 2019 Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari is currently one of the most popular artists in a country replete with singing talent, and his new tour has just started, complete with a lively and dynamic visual design by Nesi Alfasi, who has included 12 x Robe MegaPointes at the core of the lighting
L-Acoustics Heads Out Night After Night On Vampire Weekend Tour Live by Thomas Richard - September 24, 2019 Arguably one of the most influential indie bands of the past decade, Vampire Weekend is currently touring North America in support of its fourth studio album, Father of the Bride, which has been heralded by Rolling Stone as a “modern California pop masterpiece.” Much has changed over the past six years,
ClayPaky Supports Aerosmith’s Las Vegas Residency Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 Aerosmith has launched its “Deuces Are Wild” residency at the Park Theater at MGM in Las Vegas with a multi-sensory experience that’s playing to sold-out houses. The show features Claypaky Mythos 2 and Sharpy Wash lighting fixtures provided by PRG. The band, which has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide,
Samsung stages world’s first vertical gig with Universal Pixels Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 The official opening of Samsung KX, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s new ‘digital playground’ in London’s Kings Cross, featured the world's first vertical gig. The event has made history, revolutionising how gig-goers experience concerts. Responding to research that shows 79% of smartphone users prefer portrait videos - a trend driven by the upright
Justin Kitchenman Evokes Summer on Luke Bryan Sunset Repeat Tour with CHAUVET Professional Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 Officially, summer ends in the northern hemisphere on September 23 with the autumnal equinox, but don’t tell that to the thousands of people in cities like Indianapolis and Detroit who will be packing venues to catch the final dates on superstar Luke Bryan’s Sunset Repeat Tour this fall. Joined by friends
L-Acoustics L-ISA Has Broadway Bounty Hunter Surrounded! Live by Thomas Richard - September 21, 2019 L-ISA Sound technology by L-Acoustics made its North American musical theater debut in Broadway Bounty Hunter After being heard by over six million spectators at more than 1,500 live music performances around the world, L-ISA Sound technology by L-Acoustics recently made its North American musical theater debut in Broadway Bounty Hunter,
Quantum Synergy with DiGiCo and Autograph News by Thomas Richard - September 20, 2019 Andrew Bruce (centre) with Avgoustos Psillas (left) and Tom Williams (right) July saw well over 100 delegates assembled at the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, (one of three theatres within the central London campus of RADA, The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art), for a review of DiGiCo’s new Quantum Engine and designed-for-theatre T
GLP X4 Bar 20s Lead the Way for Evita Live by Thomas Richard - September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 One of the accepted technical challenges of London’s outdoor theatre season are the major productions at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, which run right through the summer. Working within the existing stage infrastructure, theatre lighting specialist Jon Clark helped interpret director Jamie Lloyd’s stripped back production of Evita, juxtaposing GLP’s new